16.3.6cat : Category

Format: 0cccccccB

0cccccccB = Category (7bit)

The category indicates the categories of data handled by the System Exclusive Message. The ID number (ID) of the category is indicated on the left, while the communication operation (Action) is indicated on the right.

Category

Transfer

ID (c)

Parameter Set

Individual Parameter

 

 

 

00H

System

A

01H

Setup

A

02H

Patch

A

03H

Tone

A

21H

Music Library

F

A .. Available (Also including when only some parameters are available.)

F... File Information (Not the data itself. Name, size, and other file information only.)

16.3.7mem : Memory Area ID

Format: 0mmmmmmmB

Specifies the memory area that is the object of the parameter transfer. The following are defined for this Instrument. Basically, Instrument-specific System Exclusive messages are valid for user area data only.

mem

Data Type

Meaning

 

 

 

0

User area

Read/write enabled

1

Preset area

Read/write disabled

16.3.8pset : Parameter Set Number

Format: LSB 0nnnnnnnB

MSB 0mmmmmmmB

This field is a 2-byte (LSB, MSB) value indicating the number of the parameter set (mmmmmmmnnnnnnnB, binary) being transferred.

16.3.9blk : Block Number

This supplementary number specifies which block is the object when there are multiple blocks within the same parameter set.

Format:

0iiiiiiiB (LSB)

0jjjjjjjB

0kkkkkkkB (MSB)

When there are multiple parameters with the same ID inside the same category, as with the mixer channel volume setting for example, the block number required to specify to which block data belongs is specified as: kkkkkkkjjjjjjjiiiiiiiB (Binary).

When the parameter block has a multi-dimensional array structure, bit 21 of the block number is divided into prescribed bit fields based on the rules explained below.

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